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Sally's mother wants to buy a cell phone. The price of the cell phone she wants increased this week from $200 to $240. What is the percent increase in the price of the cell phone?
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Sally's mother wants to buy a cell phone. The price of the cell phone she wants increased this week from $200 to $240. What is the percent increase in the price of the cell phone?

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Ok so 200 + 40 is 240 but the percentage increase is 20% because because the new value is greater than the old value.
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Answer:

20 percent

Explanation:

200 divided by 5 is 40

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